They work, as does Woody's method. For myself, I've always got one eye on the clock, so I use a dead stebcentre and a tiny live centre the other end. The advantage of the stebcentre is that whereas it is designed to fit an 8mm bore, the portion that is exposed outside of the bore is narrower than 8mm, which means that you can turn, sand and finish all in one hit without the drive method interfering or getting in the way. Whereas, with the drive in your link, if you want to, say, cut a bead at the bottom off your light pull for instance, you're either going to hit the drive with your gouge or you are going to have to leave some scrap to finish off the lathe. I hope that makes sense.
