A vacuum box having features ideal for utilization with an overlock sewing machine housed in a flat-bed table in a garment factory setting. The vacuum flat-bed table of an overlock sewing machine. The vacuum box is a receptacle having bottom, top, left, right, front, and rear walls. A portion of the front wall can have an opening covered by a hingably mounted door panel. The receptacle has a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment is sealed-off from the first compartment and has a electric outlet placed therein placed along the left or right wall. A suction fan is located in the second compartment. A horizontally sliding top panel is placed above the top surface of the top wall. The top panel is pivotally connected to guide slots placed along the front and back wall of the receptacle in a manner which allows the top panel to be extended horizontally to increase the top surface and drawn in to reduce the top surface. The vacuum box of the present invention uses dual flexible vacuum hoses for maximal suction effect. A first vacuum hose and a second vacuum hose each connects at its first end to the receptacle and extends into the second compartment. Each vacuum hose connects at a second end to predetermined point on the sewing machine.