I know I could just go do some measuring, but hoping someone could answer this before I get the chance to do that. I am not in the shop and the mill is in storage not in the shop yet either, so...
I am playing with layouts of my shop and thinking of moving the Bridgeport from where I had originally planned to underneath the loft.
I don't know how tall a BP is off hand, or how much room I need to be able to extract the drawbar without tilting the head.
My "ceiling" under the loft is 8'6", but it is an "open" ceiling so there is probably another 6-8" in between joists. So, I should have almost 9' of ceiling height. I would think this should be more than enough, but I may be wrong.
I am hoping to start moving equipment into place within the end of the month, but things always seem to keep getting delayed...
JW