No rack on my homemade bench mounted drill press either. I raise/lower the relatively massive table with a dedicated 20 cm tall hydraulic jack that sits on the press foot, and which has its permanently attached engage/release handle. On rare occasion I need to slide the jack aside in order to bring the table closer to the foot than jack height allows. In addition, for a super tall job the press head may be swung on its column to completely clear the other side of the bench, at which point the floor becomes the foot.