Then, I suggest you have by now determined that you will need to do the hard research and write your own FMEA based on the engineering principles you've discovered. I have seen you in places where you are shown what to research.
It seems to me you are making this too hard. You've been in various forums for months. You've been offered sources to pursue for insights, and you've described your ability to comprehend the process approach to machining.
True, operators don't tend to write down what they learn while they work. That's an engineering and management failure, to lose such vital real-time wisdom. It happens all the time. So get in there and ask them. Then, comment on your experiences with them in your thesis. This challenge may have been why your professor picked this subject: he may have wanted you to author the thing. Other people may have put down nonsense - I see such things frequently. I think you should start fresh, basing your entries on your research on metal working processes and guidance from AIAG's FMEA Manual.
Research is a wandering path. Look at the books you've been referred to, here and in the other forums. Let them lead you to still other books. Pay attention to the older machinist's books: many of their truths endure with time. (I still have, and cherish my dad's Machinist's Handbook) Ask your school's engineering department, and if they don't suffice go to a different university's engineering department. I have faith that you can do a good job of this assignment.
We at the Cove are happy to help, but we take care to not rob students of the discovery process that is supposed to be the purpose of their education. With all due respect, I think it's time for you to get busy and just do it.
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