If you can live without the light hood on the top, take that off. My basement height is about an eighth of an inch more than the machine is high and when I went to set it up, I had to take off the hood so I could stand it up. When it was up, I put the hood back on. It was a PITA but it worked!
You could also take off the leg levelers on the bottom. Right there's about a quarter inch.