IP21 Single/Group Work Table

The fourth piece of furniture to build for IP21 was a desk that would fit in a space that is about 6 feet wide, but could extend to seat groups of people in a larger space. The idea is to design furniture that is multi-purpose and can grow and change along with the company.
I did some exploring and found a lot of different table leaf hardware and long drawer slides I could use, but in the end they seemed like more of a hindrance than a help. So, I designed a system that would work, using three tables of descending size nested together:

I liked the idea that, if needed, you could have three completely separate tables. But, once I got them all together, the legs of the smallest table got hung up on the legs of the biggest table, and it wasn't able to extend as it needed to. I had to cut two of the smallest table's legs off to allow it to glide all the way out. This eliminated the possibility of having three separate tables, but it does allow for a 5 foot wide table to extend to 14 1/2 feet, as you can see below.






This table was a challenge to figure out, but I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.