With the whole gantry assembly raised the 3" you suggest, Brady - do you give up any rigidity? I was looking at my machine this afternoon while I was machining a bunch of cabinet gables. Looks pretty straight forward with my concern just two places - getting the gantry squared up as good as it is now (I know that is just a bit of patience and trial and error) and the fact the wiring that comes from the control box, up along the side plate and up over to the cable chain thing doesnt have any slack on mine, and I would have to find some in order to raise my gantry the 3" of the extrusion height. I know it is do-able but might be a temporary PITA.
I am more concerned with not giving up any rigidity on my machine. Just due to the fact the spindle will be hanging on average 3" lower in the rollers, which might lead to a little more flex of the Z assembly?