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Nortel Medusa Glass Torch
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US price not confirmed
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Overview
Uses not confirmed
- Mount
- Bench
- Fuel
- Propane, Natural gas
- Oxygen (estimate)
- Not confirmed
Specs
The Nortel Medusa is a mounted torch in Nortel's store, listed at CAD $2,386 on 2026-10-06. Nortel has posted no specifications for it yet: no mix type, port count, stages, glass rating or oxygen figure.
Buyers already talking to Nortel about a large mounted torch who want to know where the Medusa sits on Nortel's own price list.
- Jets
- Not confirmed
- Stages
- Not confirmed
- Mount
- Bench
- Mix
- Not published
Specs
- Mix type
- Not published
- Mount
- Bench
- Oxygen (estimate)
- n/a
- Fuel
- Propane, Natural gas
Manufacturer page · checked 2026-10-06 · source
- Skill level
- Advanced
- Glass
- n/a
- Best for
- n/a
- Price
- US price not confirmed
Figures come from Nortel's own pages and manuals where we have them; the oxygen figure is a rough estimate, not a specification. Confirm the current spec with Nortel before you buy.
How we source these figures
Treat the oxygen figure as a rough sizing estimate. Depending on the model it may be manufacturer full-flame consumption, a converted flow figure, or a documented estimate, and delivered pressure and purity matter as much as flow. What actually drives a torch choice is the glass, the work, and the flame, so size your oxygen supply after you pick the torch.
Prices may be manufacturer list prices or observed dealer references. Where a cell carries an evidence line it says where the figure came from, the date we checked it, and links the source where we hold one; a cell without one rests on the sources at the foot of the page. On a phone those lines show while this note is open. Confirm the exact configuration with Nortel before buying.
Spec provenance: 1 of 6 spec fields on this page cites the manufacturer's own pages or manuals.
Overview
The Nortel Medusa is listed in Nortel’s store among its mounted torches, at CAD $2,386 on 2026-10-06. That is nearly all Nortel has published. The listing carries a placeholder description with no specifications, so this page sets out what is known and what you need to ask.
What Nortel has published
- Name and category: “Medusa”, under Mounted Torches, so it is a bench torch rather than a hand torch.
- Price: CAD $2,386 on Nortel’s store. We have not recorded a US-dollar figure from Nortel and we do not convert currencies ourselves.
- Fuel: none named on the listing. Nortel’s torch index says its torches run on natural gas or propane with oxygen.
Nortel publishes no mix type, port count, stages, glass rating, flame size, pressures or oxygen guidance for the Medusa. Our catalog leaves each of those blank.
Where it sits in the Nortel line
On price alone, the Medusa sits above the Rocket (CAD $2,158 for either port version) and below the Hydra (CAD $2,813) and Goliath (CAD $3,596). Price does not tell you how a torch burns. The Rocket is a surface-mix boro burner, while the Hydra combines surface mix and premix around an Arrow center fire. The Medusa could follow either pattern. Our Nortel torch lineup covers the documented models in depth.
Questions to put to Nortel
A torch at this price is a long-term decision, and you should not buy it blind. Ask Nortel:
- Is it surface mix, premix, or a combination?
- How many ports and stages, and how are the valves laid out?
- What glass and what size of work is it built for?
- What fuel and oxygen pressures does it want, and how much oxygen does it draw? Use the answer with how many LPM does my torch need.
- What is the price in your currency, and what ships in the box?
Nortel takes orders and repair questions at service@nortelmfg.com. If the answers point to a torch you already know, compare it against the documented options in how to choose a glass torch.
Before you buy
Whatever Nortel tells you, budget for the whole system: oxygen, regulators, flashback protection matched to your torch and gas supply, eyewear rated for your glass, and ventilation.
Editor’s note: this page reflects Nortel’s store listing as read on 2026-10-06, which held a placeholder description. We will add specifications when Nortel publishes them. Until then, confirm every detail with Nortel before purchasing.
Fit and tradeoffs
Best for: Buyers already talking to Nortel about a large mounted torch who want to know where the Medusa sits on Nortel's own price list.
Not for: Anyone who needs a published spec sheet before buying. Nortel has not posted one.
Pros
- + Listed under Nortel's mounted torches, so it is a bench torch
- + A current item in Nortel's own store
Cons
- − Placeholder description: no mix type, ports, stages, glass or oxygen figures
- − Price is listed in Canadian dollars; no US figure recorded yet
- − No owner reports to lean on yet
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Flame notes
Listed in Nortel's store under Mounted Torches at CAD $2,386 (2026-10-06). The listing carries a placeholder description with no specifications: Nortel publishes no mix type, port count, stages, glass or oxygen figures for it yet.
Maker
Nortel Manufacturing
Canada · Founded 1967
Focus: Soft, Boro, Beginner
Toronto manufacturer founded by Peter Norton. The current mounted line is surface mix; selected hand torches and optional top burners are premix.
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FAQ
- What is the Nortel Medusa?
- A mounted torch listed in Nortel's store at CAD $2,386 on 2026-10-06. Nortel's listing carries a placeholder description and no specifications yet.
- Is the Medusa surface mix or premix?
- Nortel has not said. We record its mix type as not published rather than guess. Nortel's bench burners are surface mix, while its newer Arrow and Hydra combine surface mix and premix, so ask Nortel which way the Medusa works.
- What fuel does the Medusa run?
- The listing names none. Nortel's torch index says its torches run on natural gas or propane with oxygen.
Researched and edited by Joe Blanchard, sixteen years on the distribution side of the glass industry.