Just finished watching "Bowl Basics The Easy Way," by Lyle Jamieson. This is, perhaps, the most comprehensive and thorough instructional DVD on wood turning I've seen to date. However, Lyle uses some techniques that seem to go against convention.

The most strident one was the use of glue blocks over chucks. He makes a convincing argument that the glue block supplies more support then a chuck but this is the only DVD I've watched that uses a glue block.

The problems I've had with chucks were due to my own ineptness. When I make a good properly formed tenon (I've recently switched to dovetails), I do not experience failure.

I'm curious if any members use glue blocks as their main mechanism for holding wood on the lathe. For that matter, do you use none of the above?

Thanks,
Burt