Stick
Stick turns up in 2 fields: electricians, woodworking. Here is what it means to the people in each one.
Stick in electricians
One full 10-foot length of conduit, the unit crews count pipe in.
A stick is a single length of conduit as it comes from the supply house: 10 feet for EMT, rigid and most PVC, with 20-foot PVC lengths also sold. Material is ordered, carried and estimated in sticks, so a hundred-foot run is ten sticks plus couplings and bends. Rigid and IMC sticks come threaded on both ends with a coupling on one.
"Bring up twelve sticks of three-quarter EMT and a box of couplings, the run to the roof is longer than the print shows."
Stick in woodworking
A single piece of dimensional lumber used in framing or general carpentry work.
In the shop or on a job site, a stick is simply an individual piece of lumber. Carpenters use the term to refer to standard dimensional boards, such as a two-by-four or two-by-six, before they are cut or installed. It is a universal shorthand for raw framing material.
"We're going to need about forty more sticks of two-by-four to finish framing this basement."