So I checked it out and really saw a difference in the results. It really does look so much better now. Thanks again for taking the time to take a look and help me with this.
Here I was trying to build everything to scale (which I thought might be rather important for some reason) and I am so glad to learn that it does create some wonkey physics at smaller scales.
I am currently in the process of rendering out my exercise so I am really excited to have this one down and also be able to understand why I had some hiccups in the beginning.
Thanks again!