Update:
The right time hasn't presented itself where I feel I can talk to my boss about letting me clean and scrap the shop.
Good thing is he's caught on to the fact that I scrap, and I've demonstrated that I'm not going to take something that he says he wants. And, if I've made the mistake of putting something in my bucket or if he changes his mind and now he wants that item, I hand it back to him.
But he know's I've been picking up nails and scrap copper tubing, a brass toilet flange, plus some dumpster diving, and has even saved a couple little things for me.
Hopefully all this will lead to an actual project opening.
As always, I'm grateful that y'all have given your input, I'm learning lots every day.
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