Quote Originally Posted by bill.young View Post
I've used regular shopvac hoses for years to connect the ShopBot table to the vac box and it works well. If I was going to rebuild though I think I would use the hose that Steve posted. Being able to connect to regular schedule 40 fittings would save a ton of duct tape!
I tried regular shop vac brand hose and it was flattened like a piece of paper...

I’m currently using a 2” heavy duty vac hose from Oneida with my vacuum table. With the 11 Hp vacuum pump (vac/blower)

My ball valves have worked fine for 4 years now.